Summer Time TV

Offered as a one-week online exclusive starting on June 20, 2017, the Summer Time TV release landed as a small hybrid teaser that linked Garbage Pail Kids with Wacky Packages under a shared broadcast theme. Topps was renewing its attention on focused, miniature web drops at the time while continuing to run its regular daily cards, and this ten-sticker gathering revisited the territory of the retail Prime Slime Trashy TV release by poking fun at summer programming. The set paired three fresh GPK concepts with four parody items aimed at television fixtures like Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones.

Without randomized insert odds or parallel borders, Topps sold the run directly through its website for seven days ending on June 27, 2017. Collectors were given two routes at checkout, choosing between purchasing the complete ten-sticker set for $29.99 or paying $9.99 for individual character pairings and standalone Wacky cards. Domestic buyers received free delivery through the SmartPost option, while international orders required $10 for shipping. The three Garbage Pail Kids subjects were released in the customary twin-name a and b combinations, numbered 1a through 3a alongside 1b through 3b, featuring Casino Copper paired with Jackpot Jones, Prisoner Piper with Chain Gang Chapman, and Ripped Ruth with Wild Ahir Wilder.

Numbered separately as stickers 7 through 10, the four Wacky Packages spoofs rounded out the checklist with Twin Freaks, Shame of Thrones, Sharknada, and Big Bother. Print numbers remained small across the checklist, but the release still managed to outsell the previous week's James Comey cards. Most of the run landed in the mid-120s, led on the GPK side by Casino Copper and Jackpot Jones at 127 copies, while Prisoner Piper and Ripped Ruth each finished with 126 sales. On the Wacky side, Twin Freaks and Big Bother each recorded 128 copies, Shame of Thrones reached 129, and Sharknada topped the entire checklist at 140 units.